Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 390 Use your special move on Zhou Mo
It was clearly a dinner party, but the group of people didn't eat much. He was never used to this situation.

"Director Jia, please stop making fun of me. I'm just a finalist now, and I don't even know what award I'll get in the end.

You are familiar with our propaganda, and you always like to overdo it. I haven't even started yet, so forget it."

Zhou Mo really didn't want to passively accept publicity.

Many examples have proved that the propaganda ability of some things is really poor. Even a good thing can be turned into a negative example.

There were countless occasions of champagne popping and loan celebrations at halftime.

It is better to let him do it himself than to be subjected to uncontrolled propaganda.

At least he can control how he is promoted, and with two platforms in hand, he is not worried about lack of traffic.

Jia Zhangke nodded in agreement.

"It's like this, Director Zhou, your decision is actually a good one. I wanted to talk to you about this before, but I couldn't get through to you.

There are some things that I really don’t trust to others, because you never know what tricks they can come up with for you.”

Zhou Mo smiled awkwardly.

The fact that the call couldn't be connected means that he was training a dragon at the time.

He asked curiously, "Director Jia, from what you said, there have been some minor errors in the publicity of this kind of thing?"

“Not only that, there was over-promotion, and then when the film was released, there was some confused guidance…” Jia Zhangke said slowly.

Zhou Mo didn't respond.

He was indeed aware of some of the things Jia Zhangke said, but he had different opinions on some things.

All I can say is that the problem doesn’t necessarily come from just one party.

For example, the famous director Lou Huohua often makes comments at foreign film festivals, and some of his words are no longer complaints but almost provocative.

"Thank you Director Jia. We can keep in touch when we get to Cannes. I'll need your help then."

"This is what I should do." Jia Zhangke said with a smile.

Although he had invited Zhou Mo last year, he did not expect Zhou Mo to be so efficient.

But it also happened that it gave him the opportunity to build good relationships.

……

at the same time.

Huayi.

The big and small Wangs, who have not appeared for many chapters, and Wu Baige are now discussing Zhou Mo's nomination for Cannes.

Wu Baige's face was gloomy.

But it’s not necessarily because of Zhou Mo.

His expression has basically been like this since the filming of "The Crossing" began.

It’s so frustrating.

He had not yet gotten over the humiliation he had been humiliated in public by Zhou Mo, and later he was stabbed in the back by a group of actors, including Huang Xiaoming, and forced to leave the crew.

It was difficult to call Huang Silang.

Everything was fine before joining the crew, but after joining, things started to get more demanding.

Now, when Wu Baige thought of Huang Silang's damnable look, he became angry and wanted to curse.

Made.

what!
Why didn't I choose you to make a movie?

"Director Wu? Director Wu?"

Wu Baige came back to his senses and saw that the two brothers Wang were also looking at him seriously.

"Where are you talking about?"

"Speaking of Zhou Mo's nomination for Cannes, how should we respond?"

There was a hint of sneer on Wu Baige's lips.

"No need to deal with it. It's just a shortlist for the film festival. Don't worry, I've been going back and forth to the film festival for many years. The guy with the surname Zhou is nothing."

Xiao Wang hesitated: "But he won the main competition unit after all." "So what?"

Wu Baige said calmly: "I am also the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival. What is the result?"

He looked at the two people in front of him and felt a little impatient.

But when you are under someone's roof, you should be polite to the financial backer. This is no longer the time when he could make a name for himself internationally.

At least that was the case before "The Crossing" was released.

Wu Baige patiently explained: "I am not exaggerating, sir. The situation of international film festivals is completely different from that of domestic ones. Due to different cultures, there are two completely different sets of rules.

Things that are adapted domestically often run into problems abroad.

Don't be fooled by the fact that people with the surname Zhou are very successful in China. In fact, people like him who have adapted to the domestic market often perform very averagely in the international market.

What is the most popular film he shot in the country?
"Cold Wind".

A movie that has absolutely no depth and no connotation, relying entirely on coincidence and gimmicks that arouse the audience's hatred, has brought such a high box office.

So there is absolutely no need to worry.”

In order to increase the credibility of his words, Wu Baige even used himself as an example.

“Things that have been successful abroad often have problems adapting to the local environment in China. For example, my Red Cliff did not have a particularly outstanding box office. Is it really because the movie was not good?

Not necessarily, it’s more that the aesthetic taste of domestic movie fans is not high enough.”

He gets angry when talking about "Red Cliff".

Wu Baige never felt that his filming of "Red Cliff" was not good enough.

The poor reception of the show back then was entirely due to the audience’s low ability to appreciate it.

It has nothing to do with him.

However, the big and small kings began to frown.

They originally thought that what Wu Baige said was quite good, but when he mentioned "Red Cliff", the credibility of his words obviously dropped.

Because, they actually didn't think there was anything good about "Red Cliff".

The king thought for a moment and said slowly, "But Director Wu, let me be honest, The Crossing did not make it into the main competition."

What this means is that you, Wu Baige, look down on Zhou Mo, but your movie wasn't successful either.

When Wu Baige heard this, he immediately became anxious.

He stared and said, “How can you say that? Didn’t we agree that The Crossing was made for box office revenue, so we didn’t care much about international awards?

Besides, even if I can’t win the three major European awards, don’t I still have the Academy Awards as a backup?

I, Wu Baige, have been active in the international film market for many years, and I have never seen any kind of awards. I have only won some film festival awards, which I have easily won.”

Anxious.

This is really urgent.

Xiao Wang came out to smooth things over: "Director Wu, don't worry. The company's intention is not to say that there is anything wrong with The Crossing. But you also know that Zhou Mo is very good at using public opinion to lead the trend.

What my brother said just now actually wanted to discuss with you, is there any way to prevent him from using us as a raft?

After all, if we let him play freely, we will suffer a lot."

Wu Baige nodded.

That makes sense.

Although Zhou is young, his methods are extremely despicable.

Have to guard against it.

I thought about it.

"Since he has the potential to promote it, we might as well lend him a helping hand and let him promote it well. It would be best if he could ascend to heaven!" Wu Baige said viciously.

The big and small kings looked at each other.

They said four words in unison.

"Praise for killing?"

(End of this chapter)